Cigarette construction



May 8, 1934. D. A. HAUSER Er AL 7 1,957,958

C IGARETTE CONSTRUCTION Filed Jan. 8, 1932 VII/ 7147 flj/aus y- 'eoryaFee/a G ttorfieg v O Fig. 1 is a perspective, end view,

Patented I May '8, 1934' I 1,951,951; .creaasm'n consraoc'non Dwight A.Hauser and George W. Reels, Portland, reg., assignors of one-fourth toHarvey E. ONeal and one-fourth to Harrison S. Lucas,

both of Portland, Oreg.

Application January 8, 1932, Serial No. 585,509

2 Claims. '(01. 131-52) Our improvements relate to cigaretteconstruction wherein we form an encom jacket, or

- sheath, for the essential smoking 1 elements, the mouth end of whichjacket is rendered water 6 proof in advance of the manufacturing of thecigarette. This may be accomplished by impregnating the jacket at themouthend with water proofing and water repellant material, or thewaterproofing may be accomplished by plac- IO ing a waterproof tip aboutthe mouth end of the cigarette.

One of the objects of our invention consists in providing a cigarettethat will be'more delicious to the smoker. I lli A further object of ourinvention consists in providing a cigarette that will remain in shape atits mouthpiece throughout its smoking life. A still further object ofour invention consists in providing a cigarette whose major portion maybe smoked closer to the end that is placed in the mouth of the smoker.

A still fiu'ther object of our invention consists in providing acigarette that may be smoked by women with freedom from lipstickdisturbance i or removal.

A still further object of our invention consists; in providing acigarette thatwill be automatically extinguished when smoked .to thewaterproofed encompassing end of the sheath of the same. a

With these and incidental objects in view, the invention consists incertain novel features of construction and combination of'parts, theesaential elements .of which are set forth in the ap- I pended claims,and a preferred form of embodiment of which is hereinafter shown withrefstones to the drawing which accompanies and forms a. part of thisspecification.

In the drawing:

of the completed cigarette.

Fig. 2 is a side view, of the completed cigarette. Fig. 3 is afragmentary, sectional, side view, of the completed cigarette.

.31 Fig. 41s a perspective view, of'the outside of the wrapper,or sheaththat is to encompass the that isto form the cigarette. In this view anoffset is formed .inothe' jacket to aecommothte the water proofed stripthat is :so t besecnred thereto mount is to water proof end of thecigarette. 5 is a side view, of the cigarette made from the on jacket asillustrated in Fig. 4.

Fig. 6 is a perspective, end view, of the cigaretteaheetb. or am that isformed of two independent materials and that are together at theirmeeting edges to form a sheath of uniform thickness and lying in acommon plane. A sheath may be made as illustrated in Fig. 6 wherein thematerial'adjacent one edge is permeated, or impregnated with a waterproofing material to render the same water proof.

Like reference characters refer to like parts throughout the severalviews. 1 is the body of the cigarette, and 2 is an" encompassing waterproof jacket thatis placed about the outer surface of the cigarette andat the smoking, or'mouth end of the cigarette. The encompassing sheathis preferably made from a. tasteless water proof material that may beformed independently of, or integral with the original wrapper, orsheath of the cigarette. The same may bemade of inexpensive water proofor antiseptic material which will be safe and pleasant to the taste ofthe smoker. It may 76, be made transparent,-translucent, or opaque, andof any suitable material for this purpose -ascellophane. The waterproofing jacket 2 may be placed about the mouth end of the cigarette.The encompassing water proof 'jacket may be made of the same material asthe cigarette sheath,-- or of different material and would look and besimilar to the cigarette, as illustrated a in 1 to 3 inclusive, so thatthe cigarette would be actually larger in diameter at the mouth end thanit would be at the lighting end of the cigarette.

The material from which theencompassing jacket may be made isillustrated in Fig. 4, wherein the primary body 3 of the cigarettesheath has an offset 4 formed therein so that the outer surface 5 of theprimary body of the sheath and the outer. surface 6 beyond the oil.- setwould not be lying-ina common plane. The offset 6 being of sufficientdepth only to accommodate the thickness of the sheet of water proofedmaterial 7 that is to be placed about the outer surface of the cigaretteat the mouth end of the cigarette. The width of-the water proofed strip'7 is suilicient only to overlie that portion of the cigarette thatbecomes normally mois-' tened from contact with the lips of the smoker.

I The cigarette m also be encompassed inan jacket made as illustrated inFig. ,6 and when so made the primary portion 8 of the cigarette sheathmaybe made of material now in common use for' that purpose and the waterproofed end 9 of the cigarette may be made of any suitable water proofedmaterial that will'be either' taste less. or impregnated. or coated witha material at their meeting edges 10, as by being glued toather.

Imaywishtomaketheenco material of a single piece and impregnate theportion 9 of the encompassing sheath with a water repellant, or a waterproofing material.

A cigarette thus made and coated, if made of the proper material, isnon-expansive and will hold tobacco in the mouth engaging end of thecigarette in mm position and will prevent the moistening of the tobaccodisposed in that portion of the cigarette from saliva that causes thetobacco to swell and which thereby retards the draft of air passingthrough the cigarette to thereby cause the cigarette to burn slower.

While the form of mechanism herein shown and described is admirablyadapted to fulfill the objects primarily stated, it is to be understoodthat a is not intended to confine the memoir to the one form ofembodiment herein shown and described, as it is susceptible ofembodiment in various forms, all coming within claims which follow.

What we claimis:

1. A cigarette paperfo'r forming a cigarette, comprising an offsetportion, a strip of -waterproofed material positioned within the offsetportion and adapted to be rolled with the paper the scope'of the in themanufacture of the cigarette to form a mouthpiece therefor.

2. A cigarette paper for forming a cigarette, comprising an oflsetportion adapted to receive a strip of waterproofed material so that inthe final rolling of the cigarette, the oflset portion will cause atighter packing of the tobacco within the mouthpiece portion of thecigarette.

DWIGHT A. HAUSER.

GEORGE W. REEL-S.

